Colour tension and stillness - an abstract composition in a balance of opposites by Frank Bittner

About "Colour tension and stillness - an abstract composition in a balance of opposites"

by Frank Bittner

About the artwork

An exciting dialogue between surface, colour and composition unfolds in this expansive abstract panorama painting. The picture surface is kept in a reduced but powerful colour palette: Light blue and orange - two complementary primary colours that heighten each other's effect and draw the viewer's eye into a colourful maelstrom.

Most of the surfaces - lined up almost like tiles - on the left-hand side of the picture are kept in a calm, almost atmospheric light blue and form a flat, seemingly boundless stage. In contrast, the right-hand area is dominated by strong orange tones. The striking, angular edges of these orange-coloured fields lend the work a geometric severity that contrasts with the soft expanse of the blue background.

The clear formal language of abstract surface painting is used here in the service of subtle movement: The orange not only cuts through the picture surface, but anchors it at the same time - it organises the visual field and makes it pulsate at the same time. The composition looks like a frozen moment in a larger process, as if the colour were in the process of expanding or dissolving.

This work is a homage to the interplay of calm and energy, surface and form, harmony and contrast. A panorama that does not show a landscape in the classical sense, but the inner topography of pure painting.

Created by Frank Bittner with support from AI.